War to break out in Bendigo this weekend at annual BADGACON tabletop tournaments

Mitchell Roberts and Jason Bonet will be among those taking part in BADGACON at The Bendigo Club this weekend. Picture: GLENN DANIELS

HUNDREDS will be gathering their armies and going to war in Bendigo this long weekend – but not a single shot will be fired.

Instead, the wars will be played out on tabletops and the only battles will be going on in the minds of the players as they compete in a range of strategy war games.

The Bendigo and District Gamers Association will host its annual BADGACON at The Bendigo Club, where tournaments will be held in eight different tabletop games including Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Bolt Action, Kings of War, Team Yankee and The Walking Dead.

Players will come from across Australia to take part, with some tournaments counting towards national rankings.